Materials & Manufacturing

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Explore innovations supporting advances in manufacturing and rapid prototyping. Access the developments and solutions that have an impact on applications in 3D printing and automation.

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NASA Spinoff: Green Design & Manufacturing
NASA-derived air-quality technologies help curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Medical Robotics - April 2022
Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...

Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new suite helps Ada developers build safe, secure software as well as meet internal security and quality procedures.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Self-healing materials, quick disconnects, and eco-friendly micro-supercapacitors.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
High-performance laser trackers, gimbal motors, air-quality sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The advance could accelerate engineers’ design process by eliminating the need to solve complex equations.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
3D micro-printing was used to develop this small, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device ultimately should be able to provide accurate signals from a person who is walking, running, or climbing stairs.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The material enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles.
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Briefs: Energy
The battery is smaller than a traditional lithium-ion battery due to the elimination of dendrites.
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Briefs: Materials
Making one kilometer of a two-lane road would use up about three million masks.
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Briefs: Materials
Surgeons can use the heart model as a tool for planning and practice.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This method fabricates 3D nanostructures for electronics, manufacturing, and healthcare.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This method prints 3D structures made of metal and plastic, paving the way for 3D electronics.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Metamaterials that manipulate microwave energy can be fabricated using low-cost inkjet printing.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A hybrid method enables 3D printing of self-powered wearable devices.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
Epoxy and silicone compounds serve a critical role as adhesives in electronics.
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Articles: Connectivity
One major concern for manufacturers is how safe and secure it is to open the OT network’s doors to the internet.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
IE may not be the best solution in every situation, says an industry expert.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
1 Year? 5 years? 10? A reader wants an industry expert to predict when 3D printing will truly catch on in automotive manufacturing.
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Articles: Materials
Rowheel, which was a winning technology at SAE’s Create the Future Design Contest in 2010, continues to roll forward.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The future of computing is in fabrics, says Prof, Yoel Fink from MIT.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
You can design something special when you begin with a blank piece of paper on a wall. Editor Ed Brown shares a lesson learned from his early days as an engineer.
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NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
NASA’s grip-strengthening glove technology aims to reduce workplace stress injuries.
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Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Are You Taking a ‘Model-Based’ Design Approach?
A reader had the following question for an industry expert from the Germany-based simulation services provider Siemens:
Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Can 'Charging Rooms' Catch On?
One of the Tech Briefs highlighted in the second section of today’s INSIDER is a “charging room” from the University of Michigan and University of Tokyo that provides electricity over the air. The aluminum test area uses magnetic fields to deliver 50 watts and power-up devices, no matter their location within...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
How CSEM and its partners are using magnetic levitation to counter unwanted vibrations from components aboard satellites.
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5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A newly designed wearable magnetic metamaterial could help make MRI scans crisper, faster, and cheaper.
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Products: Energy
Smart contactors, an industrial edge platform, tiny engines, and more.
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